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PROJECT PLAN
FALL 2008
ADVISOR : PHILIP TROYK
I P R O  3 0 6
Planning for Human Implantation of  a Cortical  Visual Prothesis
1.0 Abstract 
Over the years there has been intensive research on visual prosthesis around the 
world and significant technological advancements have been made. The 
Intracortical Visual Prosthesis Team (IVP)  at IIT has been researching and devel-
oping a procedure as well as a device which will be implanted within the human 
visual cortex. The device consists of sub-miniature electrodes which will artifi-
cially stimulate the visual cortex by introducing electrical currents in to the cor-
tex. The IIT Team has reached a point in their 10 year development process 
where they would like to proceed with implanting the device in a volunteer in 
the next few years. 
Implantation of a device which provides artificial vision is an extraordinarily 
complex process. In the initial stages the medical and engineering aspects are the 
most prevalent ones, but as the project moves forward there are some questions 
that inevitably must be answered or at least considered. These questions deal 
much less with the technology and much more with the volunteers that will 
eventually have these complex devices implanted. To try and answer some of 
these questions, in IPRO 306 we will look into various medical, political, engi-
neering, ethical, media and psychological issues that we believe may become of 
greater importance as the project progresses into the implementation stage. We 
will also look into the public relations aspect as well as some political and psy-
chological issues.  Based on our research and understanding we will provide 
several issues that we see as needing to be addressed in the future and recom-
mend possible solutions to them. 
2.0 BACKGROUND
A.  This IPRO project is sponsored by the Intracortical Visual Prosthesis 
Team at IIT, which includes the University of Chicago, Huntington 
Medical Research Institutes in Pasadena, CA, EIC Laboratories in 
Norwood, MA, and Micro Probe Inc in Frederick Maryland.
B.  The goal of the IPRO team is to create a project road map that will de-
tail the needs and requirements needed to meet the criteria of safety for 
an implanted prosthesis.
C.  Visual prosthetics have been implanted in patients around the world 
both acutely and chronically. The major types of visual prosthesis involve 
interfacing at the retina, the optic nerve or in this case the visual cortex. 
Despite attempts with varying results, a demonstration of a device with 
the required degree of performance has not yet been made. Although en-
gineering an device such as the intracortical implant would be a great 
achievement and a great feat of engineering, it will not do much good un-
less all other political, ethical, moral and medical issues are accounted for, 
so that it will more easily be accepted by the public with the least, if any, 
negative impact on the volunteers or society.
D.  This IPRO is the first of its kind. No previous IPRO has explored the 
various moral, ethical, cultural or scientific issues of implanting a hu-
man with a visual prosthesis.
E.  The IIT Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for reviewing 
all research involving humans in any way, and deciding whether all 
involvement with humans is done within strict guidelines, which take 
into account ethnical, medical, moral and cultural issues. Before any 
such testing may be done the IRB must approve it. We will review the 
ethical, medical, cultural, and moral issues and provide our own opin-
ion on whether this device is ready for human implantation, and what 
may be some possible issues that can arise as the project moves into 
the implantation stage.
F.  No additional documents will be attached with the project plan.
3.0  OBJECTIVES
•! Review available literature on visual prosthetics, focusing on intracortical, and 
make an assessment on the status of this technology.
•! Expand on the ethical, psychological, medical, regulatory, political, media, and 
engineering aspects of this new technology.
• Make inferences regarding the overall effects of the multispectral aspects of
 Intracortical Visual Prosthetics on human volunteers, and create a plan bridging the 
gap between the current state of the technology and the point of the first human volun-
teer.
4.0 METHODOLOGY
A. Work Structure Breakdowns 
 B. Problems:
 In order to establish a road map toward the implantation of a visual prosthesis, it would 
be helpful to highlight some important questions that we wish to cover:
!" What medical issues can we expect from a brain implant?
!" Is the technology advanced enough to successfully install the device?
!" What criteria should be considered during the selection process of the volunteers?
!" What should the selected volunteers expect?
!" How should we educate the public?
 B. Problems:
In order to establish a road map toward the implantation of a visual prosthesis, it would be help-
ful to highlight some important questions that we wish to cover:
!" What medical issues can we expect from a brain implant?
!" Is the technology advanced enough to successfully install the device?
!" What criteria should be considered during the selection process of the volunteers?
!" What should the selected volunteers expect?
!" How should we educate the public?
C.  Plan of Attack:
! Since this is the first time we are doing this project and all of the team members 
come from different backgrounds , we divided the project into two phases. During 
Phase 1 which is research phase. All members are expected to raise the knowledge lev-
els on the topic during this phase. We divide into seven sub teams and assigned tasks to 
individuals. iGroups has been organized so team members can upload files to relevant 
folders. often interact with each other so everyone will be at the same level of under-
standing. We will also participate in real life interaction (visiting laboratories and the 
Chicago Lighthouse, interviewing people involved in the project). 
We will have a midterm regroups and move forward to Phase 2. At this phase , we will 
compile the findings of each subgroup; discuss issues raised along Research and start to 
develop our thoughts on how to attack each issue. In the end of the project we will be 
able to come up with a list of what are still left to be done and what can be done now for 
the preparation of the first Human implantation.
D. Possible Outcomes:
! By the end of the project, all members are expected to gain knowledge on the 
topic. Due to the open ended nature of the topic at hand and because of the different 
factors involved in this evaluation, the team may conclude that the device could or 
could not safely be tested on human beings. In any case, we will try to provide justifica-
tions regarding our final opinion on the subject.
E. GANTT CHART
E. GANTT CHART
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5.0 BUDGET 
ITEMS COST EXPLANATION
Out of Class meeting $250 To thank guests for 
visits since the 
members Cortical 
Visual Prosthetics is 
located all over the 
united states and 
Team building dinner 
and snacks for out of 
class dinner.
Airline Tickets for 2 
to Baltimore
$1,200 To look at labs to see 
if they meet FDA 
standards and to see 
ask question about 
the engineering of 
this devices 
Office supplies $50 Binders and dividers 
to store paper work
Total $1,500
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6.0 TEAM STRUCTURE AND ASSIGNMENTS 
A. 
 TEAM 
MEMBER
MAJOR / 
YEAR
SKILLS/STRENGTH EXPERIENCES/
ACADEMIC INTER-
ESTS
TEAM(S)
Andrew 
Rust
Biology/Senior Computing. carpentry. research Botany, Marine biology Medical &
Politics
Dan Tian Biomedical Engi-
neering/ Senior
Basic computer skills Lab research (wet lab)/ 
Research in biomedical 
Engineering
Media
Joel Kam 
Sadja
Electrical Engi-
neering
Java, Solid Edge, AutoCad, Ms 
Office
Super conductors, Shock 
resistant ceramics
Ethics & Poli-
tics
Josh 
Blackketter
Materials Engi-
neering/ Senior
Editing/Proofreading, Re-
search, Materials Micrography
Material Interfaces Psychology
Kevin 
Ragauskis
Biomedical 
Enigeeering/
Junior
Computer hardware, basic 
hardware diagnostics, Expan-
sive knowledge of Library da-
tabase systems 
33rd Street Productions, 
Ipro 310 - Assisted devices 
for Blind and Visual Im-
paired swimmers, Viola 
music, Runs simply 
strings quartet out of 
Orland Park
Ethics/Team 
leader
Marin 
Assaliyski
Aerospace and 
Mechanical 
Engineering / 
Junior
Great team skills. Reliable and 
on time
Operating X Ray equip-
ment, Security checkpoint 
coordinator, Long way 
backscatter. O’Hare secu-
rity Inspector
Medical 
Minh Tran Chemical 
Engineering/
Senior
Engineering skills , team work, 
Research
2 years working experi-
ences + 2 IPRO experi-
ences. Interest : Renewable 
Energy , Environmental 
Regulation
Engineer & 
Regulation
Peter 
Mathes
Psychology/
Senior
Focused, experience in different 
disciplines, cultured.
Focused, experience in 
different disciplines, cul-
tured.
Psychology
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 TEAM 
MEMBER
MAJOR / 
YEAR
SKILLS/STRENGTH EXPERIENCES/
ACADEMIC INTER-
ESTS
TEAM(S)
Saurabh 
Jain
Electrical and 
Computer 
Engineering/
Senior
Micro assembly, Microproces-
sor, solder, debugging circuits. 
Electronics, Machining, elec-
tronics, wire bonding, AutoCad, 
Assembly language, Java & C +
Researched for the Ad-
vanced commutation 
Laboratory at IIT, 
Engineering Tech at 
Sigenics
Regulation & 
Engineer
Figure 1 - Team roster 
 B.
Our team has decided to have seven sub-teams to help cover all the different topics dealing with 
implantation of a device into the human body. Our sub teams are medical, politics, ethics, engi-
neering, media, regulatory and psychology team. We do not have sub team leaders because we 
only have one or two members in each team.
SUB TEAM MEMBERS TASKS
Engineering Minh Tran & Saurabh Jain Look at Previous Technology, Un-
derstand the intracortical Prosthet-
ics, Figure out the Fundamental 
requirements, Visit IIT Neuro Lab, 
Collect data from previous experi-
ments, Identify pros and cons of 
Devices and determine if the de-
vices is read for human trials, iden-
tify all the material used on the 
chip.
Ethics Kevin Ragauskis Identify all ethical problems, safety 
issues, determine the right type of 
test subject, Risks vs Benefits, de-
termine inform of consents.
Media Dan Tian Marketing, educating the public on 
the facts of the new technology 
Medical Marin Assaliyski & Andrew Rust Identify risk associated the devices, 
and get background data. Need to 
look at pre- clinical datas and study 
previous Animal testing to deter-
mine if this device is ready for trials 
on Human volunteers
Psychology Peter Mathes & Josh Blackketter Identify Psychological effects , 
kinds of vision blind people want to 
restore
Politics Joel Kam Sadja & Andrew Rust Assessment on how outsiders feel 
about this type of technology and 
determine how to handle public ‘s 
reactions about the new technology 
Regulatory Minh Tran & Saurabh Jain Review previous submitted docu-
ments to the FDA for other implan-
tation devices, identify steps 
needed to have a new regulation.
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SUB TEAM MEMBERS TASKS
Engineering Minh Tran & Saurabh Jain Look at Previous Technology, Un-
derstand the intracortical Prosthet-
ics, Figure out the Fundamental 
requirements, Visit IIT Neuro Lab, 
Collect data from previous experi-
ments, Identify pros and cons of 
Devices and determine if the de-
vices is read for human trials, iden-
tify all the material used on the 
chip.
Ethics Kevin Ragauskis Identify all ethical problems, safety 
issues, determine the right type of 
test subject, Risks vs Benefits, de-
termine inform of consents.
Media Dan Tian Marketing, educating the public on 
the facts of the new technology 
Medical Marin Assaliyski & Andrew Rust Identify risk associated the devices, 
and get background data. Need to 
look at pre- clinical datas and study 
previous Animal testing to deter-
mine if this device is ready for trials 
on Human volunteers
Psychology Peter Mathes & Josh Blackketter Identify Psychological effects , 
kinds of vision blind people want to 
restore
Politics Joel Kam Sadja & Andrew Rust Assessment on how outsiders feel 
about this type of technology and 
determine how to handle public ‘s 
reactions about the new technology 
Regulatory Minh Tran & Saurabh Jain Review previous submitted docu-
ments to the FDA for other implan-
tation devices, identify steps 
needed to have a new regulation.
Figure 2- Team structure 
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C. 
TASK TEAM MEMBER
Minute taker Dan Tian
Agenda Maker Kevin Ragauskis
Time Keeper Kevin Ragauskis
Weekly timesheet collector/ Sum-
marizer
Marin Assaliyski
Master schedule maker Saurabh Jain
iGroups Dan Tian
Figure 3 - Team project monitoring roles 
D.
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Figure 4- Master schedule - part 1 of 2
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Figure 5- Master schedule - part 2 of 2 
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